SOURCES SOUGHT
S -- Laundry Services
- Notice Date
- 5/14/2004
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 812332
— Industrial Launderers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center/Office of Purchasing & Contracts, 6707 Democracy Blvd, Suite 106, MSC 5480, Bethesda, MD, 20892-5480
- ZIP Code
- 20892-5480
- Solicitation Number
- CC0528
- Response Due
- 5/28/2004
- Point of Contact
- John Friedhoff, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-594-5918, Fax 301-594-5920, - Ann Argaman, Contracting Officer, Phone (301) 594-5919, Fax (301) 594-5920,
- E-Mail Address
-
jfriedhoff@nih.gov, ann.argaman@nih.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This synopsis represents a market Survey for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Clinical Center which is seeking to identity qualified and responsible small businesses, or small disadvantaged businesses, or HUB Zone businesses . Please see the statement of work shown below. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND THERE IS NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT AVAILABLE. The applicable North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 812332. The business size standard is $10.5 million. All respondents are requested to identify their size status that may apply to your organization. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is one of five agencies of the Public Health Service, which in turn, is a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NIH consists of more than 50 buildings on a 300 acre campus in Bethesda, Maryland. NIH employs approximately 22,000 people making it one of the largest employers in Montgomery County, Maryland. NIH also operates an Animal Center in Poolesville, MD, the National naval Hospital, and occupies several rental buildings in Bethesda, Baltimore, Gaithersburg, and Rockville. The Laundry supports all patient care, animal care, laboratory and service functions at NIH and is under the auspices of the Housekeeping & Fabric Care Department (HFCD) of the Clinical Center. The contractor shall wash and process the government owned linen and return it to the government free of soil, stains, and pathogenic agents. Bulk linen accounts for the major portion with 23,740 pounds per week. The weekly volumes are: lab coats 1145, light jackets 100, surgical gowns 45, laundry bags 500. The laundry shall be picked up from the government at 51 locations as specified and returned to specific government locations. All lab coats shall be laundered, ironed and returned to the owners work site which is the building and room of the lab coat owner. Laundry should be picked up, cleaned and returned within 24 hours. Six days of delivery Monday through Saturday. The Contractor shall maintain a continuing education training program in Infection Control for laundry service personnel. The Contractor shall provide to the Project Officer documentation of this program semi-annually during the contract period. Such training shall be at the expense of the Contractor. Contractor shall supply sufficient linen carts to deliver clean linen and pick up soiled linen at no charge to the government. The contractor shall comply with all relevant Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations rules and regulations. The contractor may be asked to provide laundry services for different items. These items are considered special items and should be billed as a separate line item on the weekly bill. Only the project officer or his designate may authorize the cleaning of special items. All special items will be picked up and delivered back to building 10 Room B1N313. Special items are not to be picked up from any other location. From time to time, there will be emergency items which need to be picked up, cleaned, and delivered back in a short period of time. This is a very rare occurrence but at times is very necessary. In those times, the item must be picked up, cleaned and delivered within 4 hours. Contractor shall supply all vehicles for pick-up and delivery. Clean laundry shall be transported in a manner to avoid undue exposure to potential contamination. Contractor’s transport vehicle’s cargo area shall be maintained in a sanitary condition suitable for the transport of clean laundry. The contractor shall perform various sewing and mending alterations and repairs on uniforms and other garments. Replace zippers, buttons, snaps, and make cage covers, monkey jackets, and other covers as needed. The contractor shall sew on patches (emblems) to uniforms, lab coats, etc in accordance with government instructions. Work shall be performed at a designated space in building 13 on the NIH campus. Contractor shall furnish all equipment to perform this work. The government shall supply all patches and emblems. Contractor shall furnish weekly report of piece work to Project Officer. All work shall be reviewed and approved by Project Officer, or his/her designate. Contractors shall comply with all applicable federal and state government regulations regarding control of infectious diseases in health care facilities. Contractors should consult the specific regulations for further details, exemptions, documentation, and record keeping requirements. The contractor’s workers must have proof of rubella (measles) immunity. Workers who have the potential for exposure to M. tuberculosis shall receive counseling, screening and evaluation. Six days of delivery Monday through Saturday. All estimated quantities are per year. All interested firms are encouraged to submit capability statements which specifically address all of the following items. Please note that failure to specifically address ALL of the following items. Please note that failure to specifically address each of the items below in your capability statement may affect further consideration of your capability statement. The capability statement shall be in sufficient enough detail so that the Government can determine the capability of your firm. The capability statement must specifically address ALL of the following information, otherwise no further evaluation of your capability statement will be performed. Your capability statement must address ALL of the following items. Please provide the following The offeror shall submit a description and standards of clean linen that is acceptable to the government along with how the offeror shall assure that is met. The offeror shall describe how linen will be transported to and from NIH. The offeror shall submit a statement of how the soiled and clean linen are to be separated and kept separated. The offeror shall submit policies and procedures to assure that microbial contamination from soiled linen is kept to a minimum. The offeror shall describe in detail the key people in the organization that will handle the NIH account. Offerors shall be evaluated on their (1) record of conforming to specifications and to standards of good workmanship for cleaning hospital laundry and linen; (2) adherence to contract schedules, including the administration aspects of performance; (3) reputation for reasonable and cooperative behavior and commitment to customer satisfaction; and (4) business-like concern for the interests of the customer. Offerors shall submit a list of five contracts, which must contain two hospitals, completed within the past three years and all contracts currently in process. The submission must include the name of the company or government agency, the address of that entity and the name of the contact or project officer for the contract. The phone number of the contact must also be included. Offerors shall describe the availability and proposed utilization of appropriate facilities and equipment required to successfully perform the work requirements. This description shall include a listing, count and description of machinery to be used for this requirement. The offeror shall submit evidence of OSHA required training which shall be class descriptions and attendance sheets of employees attending. The offeror shall submit a statement of how the facility and equipment are cleaned. The offeror shall submit a statement of describing the frequency of cleaning of the facility and equipment. The offeror shall supply written schedules for the cleaning of containers used to transport linen to NIH. Please provide all of your organization information including a Point of Contact with address, and e-mail address if available to the attention of John S. Friedhoff at the address shown in this Market Survey. Your capability statement, including all supporting documentation should be submitted to the address in this synopsis no later than 15 days after the published date of this synopsis. Information can also be sent to my e-mail address at jfriedhoff@cc.nih.gov Any e-mail submissions shall require a confirming written mailed copy sent to the address in this synopsis within 3 days of any e-mail submission. If you have any questions please call me John Friedhoff, Contracting Officer at (301)594-5918. The alternate Contracting Officer is Ann Argaman at (301)594-5919. NOTE: THIS NOTICE MAY HAVE POSTED ON WWW.FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (14-MAY-2004). 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- Place of Performance
- Address: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Office of Purchasing and Contracts, 6707 Democracy Blvd. Suite 106, MSC 5480, Bethesda, MD 20892-5480
- Zip Code: 20892-5480
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20892-5480
- Record
- SN00683997-F 20040930/040928213321 (fbodaily.com)
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